Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America, is the clearest it has been for nearly 40 years, according to a new University of California–Davis study.
In the last five months of 2022, a resurgence of native algae-eating zooplankton cleaned up enough murky debris to restore the lake’s famous cobalt-blue water. The lake could clear up even more in the future, researchers said.
“… Clarity may return to 1970s levels—despite the expected large runoff from this year’s record snowpack,” Brant Allen, a local boat captain who helped measure the clear water, said in an April 10 statement.
The lake is world-renowned for its clear, icy blue water and surrounding mountains. It’s the second deepest lake in North America….